A SPECIMEN DAY WITH THE FAN CANNIBALS. 51 
do the coast tribes : a detachment of them had settled 
near one of the chief Mpangwe towns, “ Mboma.” 
Some days after his arrival he saw several of these 
people, and describes them as giants, compared with the 
negro races to which his eye was accustomed. The 
general stature varied from six feet to six feet four inches ; 
their complexion was a light cafe au lait ; their hair 
was ornamented with cowries, strung so thickly as to 
NATIVE PIPES. 
suggest a skull-cap, whilst long streamers of elephants’ 
tails, threaded with the Cyprsea and brass rings, hung 
down from the head behind the ears, covering the nape 
of the neck. All these, we may observe, are Congo 
customs. In their manufacture of iron, dug by them- 
selves, they resemble the cannibals. 
The Fan have now lodged themselves amongst the 
less warlike, maritime, and sub-maritime tribes, as the 
(Ashantis) Asiante lately did in Fante-land ; now they 
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